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Enrollment
852
High
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT MADISON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191185000733
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School
2001 Ave B, Fort Madison, IA 52627 · (319) 372-1862 · Lee County
GRADES 07–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL852 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Iowa public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
441 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 154 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 123 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 155 | 18% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fort Madison Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.8% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 60.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School this school | 852 | 51.8% | 63.6% |
| Keokuk High School Keokuk | 583 | 49.7% | 63.5% |
| Spencer High School Spencer | 688 | 45.3% | 79.1% |
| Maquoketa Community High School Maquoketa | 477 | 53.0% | 50.5% |
| Red Oak Junior/Senior High School Red Oak | 420 | 48.8% | 66.7% |
| Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School Pocahontas | 367 | 53.7% | 70.5% |
Matched among Iowa high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #260 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #260 of 314 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #271 of 314 ▼ 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 852 | #55 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #116 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #96 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #44 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +50.3% | #8 of 133 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
852
+277 (+48%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 852 | 61.2 | 13.9:1 | 52% (441) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 39.2 | 14.3:1 | 52% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 36.2 | 15.3:1 | 45% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 48% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 38.4 | 14.8:1 | 48% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 31% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 42 | 15.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 819 | 57 | 14.4:1 | 16% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 775 | 65 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 50% (567 to 852); teachers up 59% (38.4 to 61.2).
About Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School is a high school in Fort Madison, Iowa, and it is part of Fort Madison Comm School District. Enrollment totals 852 students across grades 7 through 12. That puts enrollment 82% larger than the 468-student average for high schools in Iowa.
The district for Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School is Fort Madison Comm School District, with 5 schools and 2,983 students.
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School is 82% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Lee County's population at about 91%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School scores 31%.
With 61.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.9:1. High schools in Iowa average 17.3:1, 3.4 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 52% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Lee County is similar, at 53%.
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 28% of Iowa public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School is -2.4 points: 63.6% actual, 66.0% predicted.
Census data for Lee County show median household income comes to about $62,382, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 13 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,014, Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Lincoln Elementary School is closest at about 0.6 miles. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School is 5th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School enrolled 575 in 2020-21 and 852 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.9:1, from 16.4:1.
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,893
Census ACS
Median income
$62,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
6,014 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fort Madison Comm School District
- Fort Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 932 students
- Fort Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
- Richardson Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 227 students
Other schools in Fort Madison
- Fort Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 932 students
- Fort Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
- Richardson Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 227 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 227
- Richardson Elementary School1.3 mi · 286
- Fort Madison Middle School1.9 mi · 686
- Fort Madison Elementary School1.9 mi · 932
- Nauvoo Elementary School5.5 mi · 208
- Dallas City Elementary School9.3 mi · 156
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Madison Junior/Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School?
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School enrolls approximately 852 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School serve?
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School.
How diverse is Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School?
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School reports a student body of 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School?
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School is overseen by Fort Madison Comm School District in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.